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The censored one is probably Niger

UPDATE - special thanks to @dditty@lemm.ee for making a map showing the countries without access to PSN:

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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Someone didn’t realize Niger isn’t an offensive word.

[–] HumbleFlamingo@beehaw.org 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, racists can't spell so steam has to censor both of them. :-/

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

Or they were using Niger as a way to say the other word.